Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
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Long hrs in preschool/daycare harmful
| Sun, 03-19-2006 - 3:09pm |
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20051101/news_1n1earlyed.html
Very interesting. Particularly the difference in the middle to upper income kids vs low income.
"I personally feel children need the nurture of their parents and the home," she said. "Those early years, that's when they are bonding to their family. That nurturing, only the family can give that."
I tend to agree.
MM, WOHM to B&E, 7.24.03

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Jennie
Jennie
While you are waiting for the answer to that post......perhaps you now have time to go further back and respond to the posts that have okie and I sitting waiting for yours?
PumpkinAngel
A nine-hour policy won't work for many parents. If a parent works a traditional 8-hour day, with a 1-hour lunch, that's already 9 hours. Then they need time to get to/from daycare. I only live 6 miles from work and my kids are in daycare (well they're school ages, but the time between dropoff and pickup) for 9.5 hours. I can't make it any shorter. If I live "in the country" (as many people here do), or had a commute, it would be more likely 10-10.5 hours.
I think a 9-hour policy is fine, if you have enough clients to keep your doors open with that. Most of the daycares I've used wouldn't. They have needed to allow a minimum of 9.5 hours for many, many, many working parents.
Hey, welcome to the board.
PumpkinAngel
Jennie
Na, she is probably talking about your claims last year that your child didn't attend the local school district the required number of days (175) because that 175 became 150 after you took out holidays and such.
PumpkinAngel
Jennie
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